Modern Operations for Azure through Kyndryl Cloud Native Services

Accelerate your digital transformation and modernization through Kyndryl Cloud Native Services by laying out the right foundation and operational framework for your cloud native applications on Azure. We provide modular services that help you transform your traditional Azure estate operations to a cloud native framework, setting the stage for rapid migrations, modernization and scale out of your enterprise applications on Azure.

Our services include design, implementation and ongoing management of secure enterprise-grade landing zones that facilitate rapid deployment and modernization of workloads on Azure. With Kyndryl Cloud Native Services, we help improve developer productivity by empowering teams to co-innovate through the new cloud native operating model.

What do we offer?

Design & Implementation

• Foundational Services – Design & Implement services for Management hub.
• Infrastructure Services – Design & Implement services for workload spokes.

Ongoing Managed Services

Leveraging cloud native tools - with or without a control plane (CMP- Cloud Management Platform).

• Foundational Services – Managed services for Management hub.
• Infrastructure Services – Managed services for workload spokes.

Service Elements Covered During Ongoing Managed Services

• Service Onboarding & Management
• Monitoring and Event Management
• Configuration Management
• Backup Management
• Patch Management
• Security Compliance Management
• Cost optimization to monitor and control cloud spend.
What sets Kyndryl apart?
• Software engineering approach to operations: Provide highly automated operations in Azure that minimize human errors and maximize service reliability. Cloud Native Services utilizes Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and code pipelines to drive programmatic operations
• Apply Software Engineering Approach to Service Operations: SRE and DevOps –based delivery model with an “automation first” approach and “secure by design” delivery principles to deliver a modern ops framework for your Azure environment
• Azure Native tooling and Flexibility through integration: Maximize use of azure native management services like Azure Monitor, Azure Update Manager, Azure Backup, Azure ARC, etc., for rapid onboarding at minimal costs. Protect existing investments in preferred tools through API based integrations with Azure native services as needed.
• Transform to Cloud Operating Model: Support cloud hosted through traditional operations and transform to cloud-native operations for microservices and containerized applications. Support services running on Azure IaaS, PaaS, and Native containers as well as workloads running on AVS and/or Azure Stack HCI through Azure ARC.
• Continuous Governance and Optimizations: Proactively scan, identify, and remediate any deviations at an environment, service, or OS level, minimizing the security risk through Desired State Configuration. Periodic reviews to identify opportunities to optimize costs and improve the architectural performance of your Azure environment
• Provide Flexible Services Construct: Composable services constructed of service modules, with optional add on services, integrations into existing IT ecosystem and choices of delivery constructs

Kyndryl brings the experience of managing large complex environments according to the best practices outlined by the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) to help deliver a scalable, secure and easy-to-operate end-to-end managed Azure environment.

How can you engage? Please contact us to discuss a solution to meet your business needs. Terms, conditions, duration, and pricing are custom to each engagement. Offer availability may be limited in some countries.

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